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Blacklane GmbH is a provider of premium global chauffeur services, which provides a chauffeur portal connecting people to professional chauffeurs via their mobile app, website and hotline. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] The company offers a prebooking service at a fixed rate and doesn't own its own fleet, but works with local chauffeur companies [ 3 ] in each of ...
The World Bank Institute is the capacity development branch of the World Bank, providing learning and other capacity-building programs to member countries. The IBRD has 189 member governments, and the other institutions have between 153 and 184. [2] The institutions of the World Bank Group are all run by a board of governors meeting once a year ...
The Gig Economy: The Complete Guide to Getting Better Work, Taking More Time Off, and Financing the Life You Want. New York: American Management Association. ISBN 978-0-8144-3734-6. Oppong, Thomas (2018). Working in the Gig Economy: How to Thrive and Succeed When You Choose to Work for Yourself. London: Kogan Page. ISBN 978-0-7494-8355-5
The World Bank was created at the 1944 Bretton Woods Conference, along with the International Monetary Fund (IMF). The president of the World Bank is traditionally an American. [12] The World Bank and the IMF are both based in Washington, D.C., and work closely with each other.
Between 2004 and 2013, the World Bank committed to lend or give at least $338 billion, according to bank data. Its private-lending affiliate, the International Finance Corporation, committed to invest at least $116 billion during the same period in corporations and other banks in pursuit of the overall goal of alleviating poverty.
Managing Director of the World Bank; Assistant Administrator of the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) First interim World Bank Group president born outside United States First World Bank Group president born in Europe First World Bank Group president from Germany: 9 James Wolfensohn: June 1, 1995 – May 31, 2005 United States [a]
IBRD International Bank for Reconstruction and Development: World Bank Group, Specialised agency of the UN: Washington, D.C. 1956: IFC International Finance Corporation: World Bank Group: Washington, D.C. 1960: IDA International Development Association: World Bank Group: Washington, D.C. 1966: ICSID, International Centre for Settlement of ...
In an internal survey conducted last year by bank auditors, 77 percent of employees responsible for enforcing the institution’s safeguards said they think that management “does not value” their work. The bank released the survey in March, at the same time that it admitted to poor oversight of its resettlement policy.